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Omaha's police chief says an arrest had been made in four killings -- two from earlier this year and two dating to 2008.

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Updated: 7:55 PM CDT Jul 15, 2013

Raw video: Police announce arrest in Brumback-Hunter murders

Omaha's police chief says an arrest had been made in four killings -- two from earlier this year and two dating to 2008.

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WEBVTT GOOD EVENING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, IS TO OUTDATE OMAHA AREA ON THE TELEVISION FORCE MURDER INVESTIGATION, 2008. AND, TURELY, AND, THOMAS AND, THE 2013 HOMICIDE OF OF DOCTOR AND MARY. IN 2008, THE MURDERS OF SHIRLEY, AND THOMAS HUNTER, CAUSED GREAT CONCERN FOR THE OMAHA COMMUNITY. IN MAY OF 2013, THE MURDERS OF DOCTOR, AND MARY, FURTHERFLATIONED THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, ON CONSIDERABLE EDGE. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE AUTHORIZED THE FORMATION AFTER TASK FORCE WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE, TO DETERMINE IF THE HOMICIDES WERE RELATED. TASK FORCE, IS COMMISED THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS, AND OTHER INVESTIGATORS, AND, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS AND, NEBRASKA STATE PATROL. THE TASK FORCE WAS LED, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE LED BY DEPUTY CHIEF MARY, AND, CAPTAIN KERRY NEWMAN, AND, WHO IS WITH ME TODAY. ALONG WITH F.B.I. AGENT, MR. TOM, AND, ASSISTANT AGENT IN CHARGE. MR. LARRY. AT MY ORIGINAL PRESS CONFERENCE, WHEN I ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION AFTER TASK FORCE, I MADE THE STATEMENT THAT I WOULD NOT WANT THIS TASK FORCE COMING AFTER ME. TODAY, I AM ABLE TO PROVIDE A SENSE OF CLOSURE TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY. ARRESTED THIS MORNING, WAS DOCTOR ANTHONY GARCIA, WITH THE DATE OF BIRTH, JUNE 7, 1973, FOR FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND, USE OF A WEAPON. AND HE WAS ARRESTED, IN THE STATE OF ILL TODAY, AND, CURRENTLY LIVES, IN INDIANA. DOCTOR GARCIA, WORKED IN THE PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, FROM JULY, 2000, UNTIL JUNE OF 2001, WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED. HE WAS TERMINATED, BY DOCTOR HUNTER, AND DOCTORBRUM BACK. THE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN MONITORING, DOCTOR GARCIA HE'S MOMENTS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. OUR PLAN, WAS TO SERVE A SEARCH WARRANT ON HIS HOME TOMORROW. HOWEVER, IT BECAME NECESSARY TO MAKE AN ARREST TODAY, AND DOCTOR GARCIA WAS PULLED OVER BY THE STATE POLICE. HE WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND HE SHOWED SIGNS OF ALCOHOL IMPAIR MINUTES. AND HE HAD A GUN. MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE, FLU OUT OF OMAHA ON SUNDAY AND, AT THIS TIME, SEARCH WARTSES BEING SERVED IN EACH OF THE STATES THAT WE VISITED. AND CONTINUATION OF THIS INVESTIGATION. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY PREVIOUS TREENS TO HAVE EVERY MEMBER OF THE TASKS FORCE, THEY ARE NEEDED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AS WE CONTINUE THIS INVESTIGATION. IT IS IMPERATIVE, THAT I DO NOT DIVULGE TOO MUCH OF THE EVIDENCE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS OS THIS CASE. BECAUSE IT IS ONGOING PROSECUTION AND, I DON'T WANT TO DAMAGE THAT ASPECT. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE LED TO BELIEVE HE COMMITTED THESE MURDERS ALONE AND, INVESTIGATING THE HISTORY OF DOCTOR GARCIA. THE TASK FORCE ALSO OUT AT THAT TIMELIZED THE ASSISTANT OF THE NATIONAL BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS UNIT. HE HAS LIVED IN HOME MAKE HUH FOR 12 YEARS. THE VICTIM'S FAMILIES, AND CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS ARREST JUST PRIOR TO THIS PRESS CONFERENCE. EVEN THOUGH AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE, THE TASK FORCE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AS WE CONTINUE THIS INVESTIGATION, AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK, THE TASK TASK FORCE FOR THEY'RE HELP, AND THEY ARE WATCHING THIS CONFERENCE, FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THEY HAVE MY PERSONAL THANKS, AND BE SAFE AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION. PLEASE, REMEMBER, THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, AND WE HAVE BEEN IN COULDN'T STAND CONSULTATION, WITH THE ATTORNEY, AND AND ASSISTANT. I WILL TO SOME QUESTIONS, AND THERE'S ON MEDIA OUTLETS, AND PEOPLE THAT I DON'T GENERALLY SEE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. SO, BEFORE YOU ANNOUNCE YOUR QUESTION, GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND, NEWS AFFILIATION AND, I'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS POINT IN TIME, HE WAS A RESIDENT, HE'S A DOCTOR, AND HE WAS DOING HIS RESIDENTTIY, THAT, 11 MONTH STINT. AND HE WAS TERMINATED, BY DOCTOR HUNTER, AND DOCTORBRUMBURG. AND HE HAS NOT LIVED IN OMAHA SINCE THEN, THAT WE ARE AWARE OF. WE DO HAVE EVIDENCE THAT WOULD SUGGEST, THAT HE DID VISIT THE CITY OF OMAHA, IN 2008, AND IN 2013 DURING THE TIME OF THE HOMICIDES. HAVE YOU FOUND OUT WHY, DOCTOR GARCIA WAS TERMINATED? WE DO KNOW WHY, AND, THE SPECIFICS I WON'T SAY HERE TODAY. BUT IT WAS FOR A FORM OF E WRATH PARTICULAR BEHAVIOR. WAS THIS MAN, LOOKED AT, IN THE MURDERS BACK IN 2008? THE WAY I WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION, THE QUESTION WAS, WHETHER OR NOT WE LOOKED AT MR. GARCIA IN 2008, AND, THIS TASK FORCE WAS FORMED, BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND, DIGGING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE WORK OF THE TASKS FORCE, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE AN ARREST WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE HERE TODAY. MAY BELIEVE THAT MR. GARCIA WAS IN OMAHA, AND, DO YOU BELIEVE, HE WAS HERE AT ANY OTHER POINT TO PLAN WHAT HAPPENED, OR, CARRY OUT HIS PLAN? IN THE INTEREST OF PROTECTING WHAT WE HAVE, AND FOR SECURITY PROSCUSHION, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT MY ORIGINAL STATEMENT, WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS HERE IN 2008, AND, 2013. DID YOU PUT THIS TASK FORCE TOGETHER? THIS TASK FORCE IS GOING TO REMAIN IN EFFECT, BECAUSE WE ARE CONTINUALLY DOING SEARCH WAR AREN'TS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, ON THIS CASE YET. AND, THIS TASK FORCE WILL REMAIN IN AUGUSTFECT UNTIL THE ATTORNEY, AND, HE HAS EVERYTHING THAT HE NEEDED FROM THE TASK FORCE, AND THE MANPOWER, AND THE RESOURCES THAT IT BRINGS TO BEAR. AT ANY TIME, IN THE CITY OF OMAHA, THAT THERE'S A HOMICIDE, WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND, WE INVESTIGATE HIM. THIS PARTICULAR HOMICIDE, WE SAW EARLY ON, IN 2013, WE FELT IT WAS RELATED TO 2008. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THAT DURING MY INITIAL PRESS-CONFERENCE, I HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH MY WORDS, AND I DID NOT WANT TO CAUSE A PANIC IN THE CITY OF OMAHA, AND I KNEW HAD A MURDERER WAS LISTENING. THAT'S WHY THE REASON WHY THE TASKS FORCE WAS FORMED. OF NOT ALL HOMICIDES REQUIRE, A TASKS FORCE BUT ALL OF THEM RECEIVED THE ATTENTION OF THE MB POLICE DEPARTMENT. [INAUDIBLE] WE BELIEVE THE TARGET WAS NOT FAIRLY SHORE A HOMICIDE. WITH THAT, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY SAID. ABSOLUTELY NOT. I WILL NOT DIVULGE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH ANY OF THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. THAT'S BETWEEN US AND THEM. CAN YOU TELL US, ON WHY IT WAS IMPERATIVE, AND,. [INAUDIBLE] OUR PLAN WAS TO SERVE A SEARCH WARRANT, AND, HE BECAME MOBILE TODAY, FROM HIS HOUSE. AND WE FELT, IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND AFTER WITNESSES, HIS DRIVING BEHAVIOR THAT WE MADE THE STOP. THEY ASSISTED IN THAT TRAFFIC STOP. [INAUDIBLE] I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT. YOU SAY, THAT HE WAS MOBILE TODAY, DOUBLE HE WAS AWARE OF THE INVESTIGATION? AND HIM COMING, TOMORROW? I DON'T THINK HE WAS AWARE. YOU KNOW I'M NOT 100% SURE ON THAT. CLOSER TO ONE OF THE STATE LINES. TAKE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. IS THERE A CONNECTION, WAS HE UNDER SURVEILLANCE, FROM THE ILL STATE POLICE. MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE, WERE MONITORING HIS MOVEMENTS, YES. DOUBLE THERE WERE ANY OTHER TARGET? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND, I'M GOING TO KEEP THAT ANSWER TO MYSELF RIGHT NOW. THERE IS SOME THINGS AS FAR AS PROSECUTION MOVING FORWARD THAT MAY COME INTO PLAY ON THAT FRONT THE OTHER WARRENS AND OTHER PLACES THAT HE HAD BEEN? WE'VE SERVING SEARCH WARRANTS, IN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT HE MAY HAVE WORKED OR LIVED. SOMEBODY THERE HAS CONNECTION, TO MR. GARCIA, THAT WE FEEL WE NEED TO TALK TO. [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS TIME, AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE FEELS THIS, HE DID FIT THE HE WILL MAKEMENTS OF A SERIHE WILL KILLER. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YOU HIT ME WITH ABOUT FOUR OF THEM TODAY. NONE OTHERS, ALL RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] THAT I DON'T KNOW. I COULD EASILY FINE THAT INFORMATION OUT, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE, AND ONE MORE. WHAT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT, THAT MADE YOU LOOK AT THIS GUY, THAN PREVIOUSLY. IT WAS THROUGH THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE, AND THE DILIGENCE OF THE INVESTIGATORS POURING THROUGH FILE AFTER FILE AFTER FILE. QUITE FRANKLY, THE THIS FORCE HAS BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE. THEY HAVE WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK, AND, JUST CLOSE THIS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH SAYING, OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, F. BILL. AND THE STATE PATROL, SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF OMAHA AND, PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S OF GRAVE CLOORS TANS TO US AND, EACH ONE, WENT THROUGH COUNTLER SLEEP LESS NIGHTS, WE KNEW OF THE SIGNIFICANCE IT WAS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND, QUITE FRANKLY, AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL, WE DID NOT FEEL THIS INDIVIDUAL WOULD STOP. BUT, I WANT TO CAUSING EVER, BEFORE I LEAVE. THISTHIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, AND, IT IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL THE PROSECUTION COMMENCES, AND THE GUILTY

Raw video: Police announce arrest in Brumback-Hunter murders

Omaha's police chief says an arrest had been made in four killings -- two from earlier this year and two dating to 2008.